1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September.

Medalists

Gold	Lu Yi China
Silver	Chen Yumei China
Bronze	Kati Kovacs Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lu Yi	China	2:02.91
	Chen Yumei	China	2:03.14
	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:03.81
4	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:04.76
5	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:05.33
6	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:05.34
7	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:13.48
	Séverine Foulon	France	DQ

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yumei	China	2:04.27	Q
2	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:04.39	Q
3	Séverine Foulon	France	2:04.46	Q
4	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:04.49	Q
5	Emma James	New Zealand	2:04.58
6	Michelle Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:06.71
7	Mariana Florea	Romania	2:08.00
8	Irina Bezmenova	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:09.32

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lu Yi	China	2:03.96	Q
2	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:06.68	Q
3	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:06.86	Q
4	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:06.93	Q
5	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:07.22
6	Andrea Šuldesová	Czechoslovakia	2:08.30
7	Kim Hae-Yeong	South Korea	2:08.80
8	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	2:17.17

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:04.98	Q
2	Séverine Foulon	France	2:06.19	Q
3	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:06.21	Q
4	Andrea Šuldesová	Czechoslovakia	2:08.15	q
5	Michelle Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:08.56	q
6	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	2:09.77	q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yumei	China	2:11.18	Q
2	Emma James	New Zealand	2:12.39	Q
3	Mariana Florea	Romania	2:13.05	Q
4	Yumiko Tokuda	Japan	2:14.19
5	Fatima dos Santos	Brazil	2:14.60

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:07.57	Q
2	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:08.53	Q
3	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:09.04	Q
4	Kim Hae-Yeong	South Korea	2:09.95	q
5	Ludmila Formanová	Czechoslovakia	2:22.34
6	Alison Cano	Gibraltar	2:22.68

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lu Yi	China	2:03.75	Q
2	Irina Bezmenova	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:08.11	Q
3	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:09.80	Q
4	Plamena Aleksandrova	Bulgaria	2:15.90
5	Jowanna McMullen	United States	2:16.24
	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

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